Campy Movies

12 Camp Classics That Are Too Awesome Not To See

If you just got back from trekking in Nepal, there's a chance that you're unaware of Sharknado, an earth-shattering TV event a that appeared a few weeks ago on the prestigious Syfy channel. The poster simply showed some pissed-off sharks flying through the air, accompanied by the words “Enough Said.” You have sharks. You have a tornado. What else do you need to know?

You also have 90210’s Steve Sanders (aka Ian Ziering) saving the city of Los Angeles and his ex-wife, Tara Reid, from this ridiculous yet terrifying (yeah, right) Sharknado. Viewers went crazy for this piece of low-budget, cornball cinema with questionable visual FX –- and the rest of the world wondered why.

I’ll tell you why: This campy crap is fun, hilarious and, sometimes after a long day, you just want to watch Ian Ziering try and channel Will Smith.

These lo-fi science-fiction flicks are nothing new, obviously. People just find out about them faster because of Twitter. (Back in the day, you would discover them because your neighbor brought over his bong and a dubbed VHS tape of Ghoulies one night.)

Sharknado, in fact, was so Oscar-worthy, they’ve already announced a sequel. Until that comes out, check out these 12 classics of cinema. They have underground cannibals, sexpot space chicks and hot-dog-eating demon spawn. They’re awesome.